Improvement in weather-board gages



N. PETERS. PMDTO-IJTHOGRAPHER. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES4 PATENT GEORGE GIEBRICK, OF SAME PLAGE.

. IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER-BOARD GAGES.

Specication forming part of Letters Patent No. 113,54, dated April 11, 1871.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, MATTHEW NEwLovE, of Burlington, in the county of Des Moines and State of Iowa, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Weather-BoardGage;

and I do hereby declare that the following is the construction. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the lowler part of the spring, showingthe gaging sca e.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention has for its object to furnish an instrument for gaging weather-siding or clapboards as they are applied to the building, so that all the boards may have thesame width of surface exposed to the Weather, which shall support the board securely in place while being scribed and nailed, and which shall at the same time be simple in construction and convenient and eective in use, and it consists in the construction and combination of the various parts of the instrument, as hereinafter more fully described.

A is the handle, tothe sides of the forward or upper end of which are secured, by screws or bolts, two plates, Bf G is a piece or block, fitting into the space between the projecting forward ends of the plates B, to which it is secured by a single screw or bolt passing through the said plates B, and through the lower part of the block C, said block being so arranged as to leave a space between its inner face and the end of the handle'A of such a size as to receive the spring D. E is a key, which passes through holes in the plates B, and through a vertical slot in the block C, and` the body of whichpis bent so as to form a cam, as shown in Fig. 2.-

By this construction, by turning the key in one direction the upper part of the block C will be forced inward against lthe spring D to secure it in place, and by turning the key in the other direction the upper part of the block C will be moved outward to release the spring, and allow it to be adjusted as required.

If desired, the block C may be stationary, or a solid part of the handle A, the key E being so arranged as to act directly upon the spring D. l.

To the forward end of the block C or the handle A, when the handle A and block C are made in one piece, is attached a plate, F, having two points or proj ections, f1, with sharp edges formed upon its upper edge, and having a projection, f2, with sharp edge formed upon its lower edge, and projecting outward at right angles.

`'.Ihe spring D has a scale, d, of divisionmarks formed upon the lower part of its rear side, for convenience in adjusting the gage. To the upper part of the spring D is attached a pin, d2, for the lower edge of the board to rest upon. V'Ihe upper endof the spring D is curved inward to rest against the board to hold it in place, and is again bent outward, so that the board may be conveniently inserted into its place. l

In using the instrument, the spring D is adjusted according to the width of the boards desired to be exposed to the weather, and is secured by the key E. The two lowest boards are then secured to the building in the ordinary manner.

The upper points or claws of the plate F are forced up beneath the lower edge of the second board, the lower claw of said plate beA ing held away from the r'st or lowest board, the upper part of spring D resting against the said second board. As the handle is released, the elasticity of the spring D will force the lower point or projection of the plate F into the board with sufficient force to secure it in place and support the board. The board is then inserted in the instruments, two or more of which must be used, and scribed, removed, and sawed off, and replaced and nailed. The instrument is then removed by drawing the handle outward and pulling it downward, and is attached to the next upper. board, and

so on.

. Having thus described my invention, I claim substantially as herein shown and described, as 'new and desire to secure by Letters Pat and for the purposes set forth. ent- An improved' Weather-board gage, consist- MATTHEW NBWLOVE ing of the handle A, plates B, piece or block Witnesses: C, spring D d1 d2, key E, and spur-plate F f1 F. WILCOX,

2, said parts being constructed and operating FRED. LIEOHT. 

